Carbureter.



G. A. EAAS.

GARBURETBR.

' APPLICATION FILED-JIGV. 30, 1908. 932,465. Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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G. A. H-AAS.

GARBURETER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. so, 1908.

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G. A. HAAS.

UARBURBTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1908.

932,465. Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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Cyrus /l Haas.

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"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OYBUS A. HAAS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IMPERIAL BRASS MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF OHIOAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CARIBURETER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug; 31, 1909.

Application filed November 30, 1908. Serial N 0. 465,306.

My invention has relation to improvements in carburetors; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts more fully set forth in thespecification and pointed out in theclair'ns.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile showing my invention applied theretojFig. 2 is a top plan of the steering wheel and staff showing the sector for the spark and throttle levers; Fig. 3 is a face view of the steering wheel and spark and throttlelevers and sector on a larger scale; Fig. 4 1s a top plan of the carbureter; Fig. 5

is a vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig; 6 is a bottom plan of the s uare intake end of the carburetor showing the series of screws which collectively serve to adjust the size of the opening or throat through which the air gains access to the carbureter chamber, with air-valve or slide omitted; Fig. 7 is a cross-section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6 with air-valve or slide in place; Fig. 8 is an elevational detail on a large scale showingtwo of edge view of the air-valve or sliding shutter; Fig. 10 is-a bottom planview thereof; Fig. 1 1' is a cross section on thebroken line 1 11 1 of Fig. 5, parts bein broken; Fig. 12 is a vertical section of t e butterfly gas-yalve only, the section being onthe line 12-12 of Fi 11 Fig. 13 isan enlarged sectional dctai on thellne 131'3 of Fig. 5, showing the port or passage leading from the passage-way of the hollow stem of the needle-valve which controls the aspirator; Fig. 14 is a crosssection on line 14-14 of Fig. 5 showing construction of the feed-valve; Fig. 15 is a top plan of the oscillating frame connecting the} cat with the feed-valve; Fi 16 is an edge view, of the bracket to whic said 'frame fis pivoted; and Fig. 17 is a section similar to Fig. 7 but showing a throat'form'ed by. an

0 en plate or frame in lieu of the screws s own in said Fig. 7.

The-present invention relates to a typeof carburetor specially applicable in connection with motors for automobiles or self-propelled vehicles.

The objects of the invention are (1) To provide a construction which will insure a constantly uniform and perfect mixture of gas and air to the motor during all periods of either the opening or closin move: ment of the throttle or gas valve usually termed butterfly valve), such uniformity being dependent not upon a fixed design of carbureter, but on devices which may be specially adjusted to effect a perfect mixture at and for any point of the throttle stroke. Such special adjustment becomes necessary by reason of engine conditions which change with the wear of the parts, the .general adjustment being insuflicient for purposes of securing perfection in the mixture throughout an entire throttlestroke.

(2) To provide means for enriching the starting mixture Without the use of primin devices, thereby avoiding the flooding o the carbureter, (a result so characteristic of priming devices), and making it possible to.

crank'with a constant mixture of any de sired proportions, such proportions depending on the initial osition to which the throttle lever and va ves (air and gas) have been set for cranking, which positlon is de termined by the operator or chauffeur acvalve combination when set to starting posi tion may be used just before the motor is stopped to charge the engine cylinders with a p cprdin to weather conditions and length of the screws which enter into the'construotion 'i'tiine' t e engine has stopped.- This same of the intake of the carburetor; Fig. 9 is an rich mixture sultable for subsequently starting ther'notorwithout cranking by simply turning the s ark switch to close the electric circuit there y starting on the spark as termed in automobile arlanc'e.

(3) To provide. a t rottle or gas valve which will open gradually so as to offset the high vacuum present in the chamber located 1 between the valve and the engine when the valve is in av closed or partially closed position, thereby preventing any sudden opening.

and eflecting an accelerationof the motor by, uniform increments. g f

(4) ,To provide asuitable passage-way from the mixing chamber'of the carbureter to the chamber aforesaid (such passageway-being preferably, though not necessarily, throu h.

the'stem of the'generaladjustn ent nee le;

valve) for conducting the motor a sufiisuch constriction being objectionable for a full-open throttle (gas valve), as it retards the flow of the mixture to the motor, and hence retards the speed and power of the engine. The passage-way too has the advan tage in that it dispenses with the necessity of a supplemental air-puppet valve usually relied on' to overcome the deleterious effects of the constriction.

A further object of the present invention is (5) to maintain a certain predetermined level of gasolene in the float chamber of the carbureter.

A further object is (6) to utilize as light a feed-valve as possible to reduce to a minimum the vibrations thereof and hence minimize the danger of flooding the float chamber. In this way I succeed in maintaining a substantially constant level in the float chamber. In lieu of a gravity valve 1 may substitute any equivalent in the shape of a spring valve, which though less liable to vlbrate when the vehicle is passing over rough ground, has the disadvantage in the danger of changing its tension and hence bringing about a chan e in the asolenelevel. The choice of feed-va ves wou d depend on, and be dictated by, practical considerations.

A further object is (7) to control the aspirator with a specially constructed generalad'ustment needle valve which will not 0 y control the quantity of discharge to meet atmospheric conditions thereby producing a perfect general mixture, but will serve as a vacuum by-pass for the mixture to the motor for a closed or partiallyclosed position of the throttle.

The invention consists in other features of construction the advantages of which will be fully a parent from a detailed description thereo which is as follows Referrin to the drawings, A, represents an automo ile of conventional design, being provided with a gasolene-tank G, from which leads a supply-p'pe p to thegasolene chamber of the carbureter.

S, represents the hollow steering staff and W the steering wheel, the staff receiving the shaft ,9 to one end of which is secured the throttle-lever a and to the opposite lower end the bevel gear wheel w with which meshes a bevel ear wheel w to the face of which is pivotal? of a link 0 all as fully understood in the art and forming no part of the present invention. 1

The carbureterforming the subject-matter of the present invention comprises an outer float chamber 1 preferably made in two soc y coupled the adjacent endtions, the upper section being provided with a central extension 2 which terminates in a flange?) for bolting to the base of the intake. manifold pipes P leading to the motor" M. The extension 2 engages the inner vertical cylindrical pipe or flue 4 cast with the lower section, the flue 4 being extended downward below the float-chamber proper in the shape of an intake mouth flaring and inclining toward the front, and assuming preferably a rectangular form at the opening of the mouth, such opening being surrounded by the oblong frame 5. The front of the frame 5 is concave (F i 6) the sides being provided'with suitabTeli s 6, 6, forming grooves or we s-n'for the'slid ing shutter or air-valve 7. T e rear end of the plate forming the shutter has a portion thereof removed so as to leave a permanent opening for the passage of air 10), the plate having disposed at the edge of such opening the downwardly projecting lu s or cars 8, 8, to which is pivotally securer. the adjacent fork 9 screwed to the throttle lever link 0. From the connections described it will be seen that a throw of the throttle lever in proper direction will either draw on or push the link 0 according to the direction the lever is swung and thereby reciprocate the shutter 7 in its ways or grooves 11. to an open or closed position or any intermediate position. These features however, are well understood and I make no claim to the means for controlling or moving the air shutter from. the throttle lever. It

may be stated at this point that the ears 8 embrace the fork members 9, 9, from the outside, the hinge pin '10 being assed through the parts thus positioned. 'l he pin 10 in addition passes-through the lower end of a thrmztle-operatin and controllinglink 11 which engages the 'nge pinbetween the fork-members 9, 9. (Fig. 5),.

7 port the body portion 15 of the float feedvalve 16 the latter being connected to the body 15 by a neck 17 the upper end of the part 15 terminating in-a guide-stem 18 which f passes throu h a bearing 19 on the float chamber. T e valve 16 is preferably triangular in cross-section with rounded corners (Fig. 14) and terminating in a conical or needle portion (Fig; 5) which controlsthe port or passage 20 formedin the nip le or oss 21 to which the pipe 1) is direct y sehamber l, and loosely encompassing the pipe 4 (which,lto

e throttle valve,

cured by a nut or union 22. Of course any other suitable connection would answer the purpose. The dotted line as in Fig. 5 repre sents the normal level of the gasolene which level should be constant.

As the air valve or shutter 7 is reciprocated in its ways 11. by proper manipulation of the throttle lever a, it cuts off from, or admits to, the mixing chamber more or less air according to the position assumed by the valve, though in its fully rearwardly retracted position as shown in Fig. 5, some air] is permitted to enter the chamber through the rear cut-away portion of the valve, to complement the gas admitted to the motor for starting purposes as subsequently to be explained. T he air is admitted to the mixing chamber through the intake mouth bounded by the frame 5 (which may be any shape), but in order to effect a perfect mixture for general service, this influx of air must be carefully adjusted apart from the general control thereof by the valve 7, and for this purpose I resort to the following devices :Passed through opposite sides of the frame 5, and preferably above the ways it of the sliding shutter or air-valve 7, are series of juxtaposed adjusting screws or air outofl's 23, in which the threads as originally out (see dotted lines in Fig. 8) are ground down so that the screws may to mounted as close together as possible and the spaces between adjacent screws so reduced that they may be ignored. The inner projecting portions of the screws collectively form a wall on each side of the intake mouth, the availableopening for the influx of air into the mixing chamber depending on the distance between the adjacent edges of these walls. For a perfect mixturethese edges need not be parallel, and in Fig. 6 one set of screws is shown adjusted inwardly, the inner ends of the screws being disposed along a curve. The size or area of this available air opening or throat defined by the screws as finally adjusted determines what the size of opening shall be to furnish the necessary complement of air to'the perfoot explosive mixture of a given type of motor operating under normal and eneral service conditions. Should a motor in time suffer undue wear and its running conditions materially change, so that the area of the throat or opening defined by the original set ting of the'screws no longer admits the proper complement of air to form a perfect mixture, a new adjustment might be necessary. Since such adjustments would however, be infrequent, I. may for a givenmotor determine what the precise area of the throat or air opening shall "be, by a careful adjustment of the screws 23, and then in actual practice may substitute forthe screws so adjusted at single sliding throat-plate 23 as seenin the modification in Fig. 17. A number ofv such plates with different shaped openings may be In lieu of screws 23 I may substitute slides or plates for cutting OH or interceptingthe air flowing into the mixing chaml' er.

In order to explain more fully the precise manner of availing ourselves of the adjustment feature furnished by the screws 23 (or their equivalent) it may be well to cite aspecific exam le. Thus, suppose that when the air-valve as been moved along the intake opening to a position corresponding sayto a quarter of the full open position of the throttle or as valve, and that for this position of the va ves the mixture is perfect. Suppose that by the time the valves have been shifted to a position corresponding to a full open position of the throttle valve and the mixture be found to be imperfect. The operator thereu on adjusts the particular screws which appen to be adjacent to the end of the air-valve at such full open position but does not in any wise disturb the screws which occupied a position at the end of the valve when the latter was at quarter stroke; and for the purpose of my invention, it must be understood that the adjustment of the mouth or o ening controlled by the air valve may be e ected by the screws (or their equivalent) at any point along the stroke of said valve. So that again, should the mixture be perfect at half stroke and imperfect at quarter stroke, no screws are disturbed except those which are adjacent to the end of the slide when at such quarter stroke. In this way a perfect mixture may necessitate a series of adjustments along different stages of a stroke of the valve so as to give us an air opening of almost any configuration for a given type of engine, one example of such configuration being shown by the .dotted positions of the screws in Fig. 6. This shape of opening when once established for a carbureter o crating in conjunction with a given 1 the air-valve 7, is the throttle, or butterfly gas valve 26, the samebeing in the formof a isk from the edges of which project in opposite directions the flanges 27 27, whose sides scribed by the edge of the disk in its rotation,

will presently appear. Formed in the walls of the mixing chamber along superposed planes are semi-annular pockets 28, 28 dee est in themiddle as shown, the ends of t e pockets coming vertically under one another,

so that jointly the pockets encircle the cylin der forming the mixing chamber. The disk 26 is recessed to receive the up er end of the link 11 which is coupled )ivotal y to the disk, the connection being-e ected by a screw pin 29 passed through the link and the ears 30 bounding the sides of the recess, the base of the recess being protected by a lip 31 as shown. The outer edge of the upper pivotal end of the link 11 is provided with a nose The purpose of the nose 32 and the lip 31 will be apparent if we assume the valve 26 swung to closed position, that is to say to a position at right angles to the axis of the cylinder 2. Were it not for the nose 32 and lip 31, there would be considerable leakage of the gas for the closed position of the throttle, but for such position the nose 32 comes up close to the cylinder wall, and the lip 31 comes up close to the rear edge of the pivotal end of the link 11, sothat the leakage is reduced to a minimum.

The gas nozzle or aspirator 33 is formed with the cylinder 4 leading from the bottom of the float chamber, inclined at asuitable angle, and terminating at the axis of the cylinder or mixing chamber at a oint above which the level of the liquid in the float chamber should not be permitted to rise. An aspirator with its discharge mouth in the relative position described can never flood themixing chamber no matter to what extent the carbureter may be tilted in the passage of the automobile over grades or curves,

because the liqpid level could never rise above said mou The surface of the liquid always remaining level, and the mouth of the aspirator being substantially at the center of the body of liquid surrounding it, the entire carburetor would simply revolve about the surface of the liquid with the mouth of the aspirator as an aXis, and since the mouth could never become depressed below the plane of this surface, the liquid could never flood the chamber. The discharge mouth of the aspirator is controlled by the general adjustment screw-needle-valve' 34 having a bearing 35 formed in the wall of the extension 2, the valve being actuated by the milled head 36. The valve terminates in a needle as well understood; but in the present construction the valve stem is preferably made hollow thus forming a vacuum passageavailed of for cranking purposes.

Way 37 closed at the up er end by a plug 38; at the base, immediate y above the needle, the passage-way 37 has leading therefronra series (three) of radiating ports 39 which open into the mixing chamber. At-a suita le point in the valve-bearing 35 the cross section of the valve 34 is somewhat reduced so that there is formed a recess 40 which thereby forms an annular chamber around the valve-stein (Fig. 13). This chamber communicates with the inner passage 37 of the stem through ports 41, and from the chamber leads a passage 42 to the s ace of vacuum chamber 43 formed above or eyond the gas throttle valve and with which the pipes P leading to the motor are in direct communication. So that the ports 39, passage37, ports 41, chamber 40, and passageway 42 collectively form a by-pass for the mixture to reach the chamber 43 beyond the throttle valve when said valve is closed or partially, closed. Of course this by-pass need not be through the valve-ste1n 34, for it may be through a separate tube leading from the aspirator to said chamber 43-and yet fall within the contemplation of my invention. The arrangement just described however, is the preferred one as it is less complicated. The rear edge of the front side of the frame 5 is provided with a recess 1' (Figs. 5, 6) to admit the link 11 when the air-valve 7 has been shifted to full open position.

The operation of the device may be de-. scribed as follows :The manner of controlling the movements of the 'slide or air shutter 7 by a proper manipulation of the throttle lever 11 has already been explained, this feature too being old and well understood. When the valve 7 has been retracted rearwardly its full limit as shown in Fig. 5,-to close the intake mouth of the mixing chamber, a certain quantityof air is still free to pass into said chamber through the rear opening formed in said valve as already explained. In thus moving the air-valve to its closed position it oscillatesthe throttle or gas valve 26 backward through the medium of' the "backward oscillation of the plement of air is admitted into the mixing chamber the mixture will be unusually in gas and it is this enriched mixture which 1s The throttle bein thus partially open (Fig. 5) the mixture is rawn into the motor, the latter being cranked with the rich mixture-thus admitted thereto; but, as previousl stated, if it be desired to dispense with cran 'ng and in lieu chamber.

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thereof start on the spark the valves may be set to the combination as shown in Fig. 5 by the throttle lever a just before stopping the motor, whereby theeng'ine cylinders are charged with a rich mixture by the momentum oi" the parts after the electric spark has been shut off, when by simply closing the electric circuit with the spark switch, the machine will start on the spark. So that the operator may either crank or not as suits his pleasure depending on circumstances. The rich mixture with which the cylinders are charged for starting purposes as here related, is not the perfect mixture contemplated for general running service and must not be=confounded t herewith. The per feet mixture .referredto is that which remains constant and uniform for every position of the throttle during either stroke thereof in moving from a closed to a full-open position, or vice versa, and is a mixture which is assured by the ad'ustment of the o ening controlled by t e air A perfect mixture therefore is one which does not fluctuate or change while of the intake mout valve 7.

the throttle is moving .from' closed ,or neutral to full open position, (or vice versa), and is necessary to insure uniform results. Once the motor is started, the operator shifts the slide 7 to open position (to the right as shown in Fig 5) in which movement it will oscillate gas throttle forwardly to 0 en position, the ullo en position of the tiirottle being when the isk 26 has assumed a vertical osition or one parallel to the axis of the mixing lhe mixture is perfect from the moment the throttle is passing from the closed to full open position, the proper complement of air-being admitted to mix with the gasolene discharged by the aspirator 33, the necessar suction on the mixture being exertedby t e vacuum present in the chamber 43 beyond the throttle. The perfection and constancy of the mixture is due to e the fact that with a constantly increasing opening of the throttle there is a corresponding increase of air opening uncoveredb the air-valve, the.area and confi ration said air opening being previously etermined by a proper'ad ustment of the screws 23, or by the r equivalent throat-plate 23 as previously ex lained.

' After t e machine is started either by cranking or on the s ark, the valves are shifted first to close or neutral throttle (sometimes called low throttle) by swinging the lever a to the closer notch (Z (Fig. 3), the as valve 26 oscillating forward from its cran ing position (Fig. 5) to a position at right angles to the axis of the mixing ch'ambar or closed horizontal position. At the same time the air-valve has shifted to uncover' closed) is ample, and likewise perfect.

maybe speeded up at any moment by moving thelever a to the notch opposite the Open mark onthe sector 6 about which the lever swings, thereby throwing the valves wide open, or the lever a may be swung to any notch intermediate the closed and open position of the throttle. The sector 6 has also marked thereon the word Start opposite the notch to which the lever. a is swung to bring the valves to cranking or starting position (Fig. 5). When the engine is running at. low throttle, the only available passage for the mixture to the motor is the leakage of the valve, which obviously would be insuflicientfor the purpose of operating the enginer I-a'ccordingly provide a vacuum byass, (that is,ay-pass'for the mixture,

lea ing to the vacuum chamber 43 beyond thethrottle valve), such by-pass being referably formedin thestemofv the genera -ad.- justment needle valve as already explained. in the form of the passages 37, 40, ll, 42, and ports Forslow running,'the quantity of mixture supplied to the chamber 43 (and hence to'the motor) through this bypassv (when the throttle is not completelly t remains perfect for all positions of the throt- 'tle valve between the points of low throttle and full open position, whether the valve be opening or closing, and it is to thisperfection in the mixture that the success of the present carbureter is due. After the. engine is speeded up to any desired point it may sub sequently be brought to a standstill by dis connecting the gearing as well understood, and allowing the machine to stand with the. engine running atlow throttle; or, if it be desired to crank the motor for starting purposes, the engine may be stopped whenbringing the machine to a stand-still by breaking the sparking circuit by throwing open the spark switch and swinging the throttle to starting position. From this position the engine may subsequently be started by cranking or on the spark as already described. I

In swinging the throttle valve 26 from closed to starting position (that is, opening the valve backward for starting) theflanges 27 thereof must first pass their respective pockets 28. By means of the pockets a quick opening is effected since the mixture can pass with'increased volume and freedom past-the valve by reason'ofthe enlargement of the space between the flanges and the walls of the pockets; and when the valve is swung forward to open position for s ceding (that is, running at a speed higher than under low or closed throttle) the opening is-not only slow. or gradual by reason of the but slight or limited under-cut given to} the flange, but is enlarged by progressive increments from the "mome'nt'the valve begins its forward'opening movement, after it leaves its closed position, (Fig. 12). This undercut of the flange (instead of conforming the curvature thereof to the are described by the valve) makes it ossible for the edge of the valve to touch the walls of the cylinder 2 at a tangent point only when the valve is in its closed position, or at right angles to the axis of the cylinder. The moment it leaves such closed position, the edge of the valve (thatis, the points of the edge as are far enough removed from the axis of rotation of the valve to describe any erceptible are) recedes from the cylinder wall and the undercut of the flange prevents any subsequent contact with the wall, so that the mixture is not only free to pass to the chamber 43 and *to the motor, but flows to its destination by a succession of progressively enlarging in- ;crements according to the degree of curvature or undercut im arted to the flanges;

Since the genera adjustment valve 34 must be shifted longitudinally to accurately regulate; the discharge from the mouth of the as irator 33, the chamber 40 is'made of sufficient length to at all times allow the ports 41 ,tofdischarge thereinto no matter to what osition the valve may have been adjusted. e aspirator of course, derives its supply from the float chamber 1 to which the gasolens is admitted by the fall of the float with the dropping of the level of the liquid within the chamber. The float resting as it does on what corresponds to the long arm of the frame or fork lever pivoted to the bracket 14, tilts the short fork arm upwardly thus icking up'the weighted feed-valve 16 and a mitting a given quantity of gasolene flowing through the pipe 11. As stated above, the weight of the valve is made as light as possible to minimize the resistance thereof to the action of the float, and yet accurately apportioned to overcome any undue tendency to vibrate while the machine is running, thus preventing flooding of the float chamber. Supplementing what has already been said in connection with the description of the invention it may be added that the gasolene of the rich mixture produced under the backward partial o ening of the gas-valve and total closure 0 the air-valve (excepting of course the permanent opening at one end of the valve through which the air is always free to pass) is initially vaporized at the discharge end of the aspirator or nozzle 33, being that this end is in direct communication with the vacuum by-pass 37 of the general adjustment valve (for which any equivalent might be substituted as already explained) which by-pass communicates with the high vacuum present in the chamber 43 immediately above the gas-valve when said valve is in starting osition. Obviously, it is to the influence 0 this vacuum that the vaporizing is due. Without the aid of the by-pass t e aspirator. these valves are so connected that the air latter dropping out of the mixing chamber.

Of course, the highest vacuum in the chain v ber 43 would be reached when the gas valve was in its closed position, in which case the by-pass would be most effectivelycalled into requisition, since the currentinduced 1n the by-pass by virtue of this high vacuum picks up the gasolene discharged by the asp rator, conveying it to the chamber 43, the gasolene being completely vaporized as it is being projected into said chamber from the discharge endof the by-pass, or passage 42.

The relation of the air and gas valves is such that a richmixture'such as is relied upon for starting begins to form from the moment the gas-valve starts on its backward opening stroke, being richest when the valve has reached the limit of such stroke or starting position; and the formation of this mixture results from the fact that the an valve continues to close while the gas valve is o ening, thereby increasing the suction on In. the present invention valve continues to close not only while the gas valve is moving backward from an open to a closed position, but after it has continued in such backward movement to effect a sec- 0nd 0 en position, namely that identified with t e position of the valves for starting gy The mixing chamber is vertical to prevent any possible accumulation of gasolene therein, thereby producing what is known as a quick acting carburetor and making the car snappy. Such features of construction as are shown but not referred to are well known and hence require no description.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A carbureter having a mixing chamber provided with a valve-controlled air-intake or opening and a series of individually adjustable devices independent of the valve for regulating the size of the opening.

A carburetor having a mixing chamber provided with an air-intake or opening, a reciprocating valve for controlling the same, and devices independent of the valve for regulating the size of the opening along any eeaeee and devices located adjacent to the opening for regulating the dimensions thereof at any point of the strokeof said valve.

5. A carbureter having a mixing chamber provided with an air-intake or opening, a reciprocating valve for controlling the same, and devices located contiguous to the valve for regulating the dimensions of the opening at any point of the stroke of the valve.

0. A carbureter having a mixing chamber rovided wlth an a1r-1ntake or opening, a Slld- 8. A carbureter having a mixing chamber provided with an air-intake or opening, a sliding valve for. controlling the same, and series of adjustable cut-ofis or air intercepting devices distributed along the line of travel of the valve and projecting over the opening. I

9. In a carbureter, a mixing chamber havmga valve-controlled air intake oropening at one end, and a valve controlled gas outlet at the opposite end, and independently controllable devices for collectively proportioning the areal dimensions of the intake along the path of travel of the valve controlling said intake, whereby a perfect mixture is effected at all positions of the gas valve between its closed and full open positions.

10. In a carbureter, a mixing chamber having a valve-controlled air-intake and a valvecontrolled gas outlet, and means for moving the gas-valve in a given direction to closed position and subsequently to a artial open position by a continuation of the aforesaid movement during the closing movement'of the air-valve.

11. In a carbureter, a mixing chamber having an intake air opening, a slide-valve for controlling the same, a rotatable gasvalve, and intermediate connections for oscillating the gas-valve forward to open position for a movement of the air-valve to open position, and for oscillating the 'asvalve backward first to closed and subsequently to a partial open position for a movement of the air-valve to closed position. 0 12. In combination with a carbureter mixng chamber having a valve-controlled air mtake, and a valvecontrolled gas outlet, link connections between the valves for moving the gas-valve in a given direction to effect closing thereof, and subsequently opening the same by a continuation of the movement thereof in the same direction,

during the closing movement of the airvalve.

, 13. A carbureter having a mixing chamber provided at one end with a valve-controlled air intake, and at the opposite end with a valve-controlled gas outlet, a vacuum chamber beyond the gas-valve, a nozzle discharg ing into the mixing chamber between the valves, and a member provided with a bypass terminating at one end at the point of discharge of the nozzle and at the other end at the vacuum chamber for conducting the p I mixture from the mixing chamber to the vacuum chamber.

14. A carburetor having a mixing chamber provided at one end with a valve-controlled air-intake, and at the opposite end with a valve-controlled gas-outlet, a vacuum chamber beyond the gas valve, an aspirator dis-.

charging into the mixing chamber, a generaladjustment valve for controllin the discharge end of the aspirator, theva vehaving a passage formed therein communicating respectivelywith the mixing chamber at a point near the mouth of the as irator and with the vacuum chamber, w iereby the mixture is partially drawn throu h'the passage of the general adjustment va ve into the vacuum chamber through said passage.

15. In a carbureter, a vertically disposed I mixing chamber having valve-controlled air-intake and gas outlet openings at op 0- site ends thereof, a nozzle or aspirator (ischarging at a point between the valves, a vacuum chamber above the gas-valve, and a member provided with a by-pass terminating at one end at the point of discharge of the nozzle and at the opposite end at the vacuum chamber.

16. In a carbureter, a mixing chamber provided with a valve-controlled gas outlet, and haviii inwardly o ening pockets formed in the W211 s in the patIl of movement of the valve, whereby a quick opening is effected.

17. In a carbureter, a mixing chamber having a valve-controlled air-intake, a gas outlet, a rotatable valve controlling said outlet, pocket formations disposed along the inner walls of the mixing chamber and occupying a position inthe ath'of travel of the gas valve when said va ve is rotating backward from a closed to a partially open position in response to a closing movement of the air-valve and intermediate connections to efiect the aforesaid response between the valves.

18. In combination with a mixing chamber, a rotating valve mountedtherein and rovided with marginal flanges deflected mteriorly to the are described bythe edge of the valve in its rotation about its axis.

19. In combination with v a cylindrical mixing chamber having a gas-outlet, a butterfly or rotatable disk-valve controlling said outlet, and marginal flanges on the disk curved interior-1y to and tangentially meeting the curvature of the are described by the disk in its rotation.

20. In a mixing chamber, a rotatable disk valve having marginal flanges on either side of the axis of rotation, and disposed interiorly to the curvature of the are described by the edge of the disk inits rotation.

21. Ina mixing chamber, a disk valve r0- tatable about a central axis, and provided with marginal flanges extending on o posite sides of said axis from the opposite flair-es of the disk, the flanges being deflected interiorly to the curvature of the surface described by the edge of the disk. I

22. In a carbureter, a mixing chamber having an air intake atone end, a valve for controlling said opening, said valve having a permanent passage or opening formed therein for a constant limited influx of air into the chamber, a valve-controlledgas outlet at the opposite end, an aspirator discharging into the mixing chamber, a vacuum-chamber beyond the gas-valve, means for effecting a partial quick opening of the gas-valve with a movement of .t re air-valve to its closed position, and a member provided with a bypass terminating at one end at the discharge end of the aspirator or nozzle and at the other end at the vacuum-chamber for conducting a ortion of the gasolcne to the vacuum chamber whereby the same is vaporized.

In a carbureter, a mixing chamber provided with a valve-controlled airin1et and a valve-eontrolledgas outlet, a nozzle discharging into the chamber between the valves, connections between the valves for cilecting-apartial opening of the gas-valve for a closed position of the air-valve, and a member provided. with a by-pass establishing communication between the point of discharge from the nozzle and a point beyond the gas valve for conducting a )ortion of the gasolene and air from the nozzle and mixing chamber to said point beyondthe gas-valve, thereby vaporizing the gasolene.

24. In a carbureter, a mixing chamber having a gas-outlet valve movable from its closed position in one direction for effecting a gradual opening, and suitable pockets on the chamber walls cooperating with said valve for effectinga quick opening with the movement of the valve in the opposite direction.

25. In combination with, a carburetor mixing chamber having a valve-controlled air-intake, and a valve-controlled gas outlet,

connections between the valves for effecting a gradual opening of the gas-valve from its closed'positlon for an opening movement of the air-valve, and a gradual closingof the gas-valve from an open position, and a subse quent quick opening thereof, with a closing movement of the air-valve.

26. In combination with a carburetor mixing chamber having a valve-controlled air-intake, a gas-outlet, a rotatable throttle valve controlling said outlet and-having a sweep in either direction from its closed position, link connections betweenthe' valves for permitting the conjoint operations of the valves, and pocket formations in the wall of the mixing chamber located opposite the path of movement of the throttle valve.

27. In a carbureter mixing chamber, an air-intake valve and a gas-outlet valve, and means for effecting a gradual opening of the gas outlet valve from a closed position for an opening movement of the air-valve, and a gradual closing of the gas ;outlet valve from an open position and a subsequent quick 0 ening thereof for a closing movement of tl ie air-valve.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CYRUS A. IIAAS.

IVitnessos:

EMIL STAREK, Jos. A. MIonEL. 

